An apparatus is provided that easily realizes a video recording and playback according to a taste of the user based on summary information prepared from voice/video information of TV broadcast programs. For this purpose, a seek bar is provided which, based on the summary playback information generated by the summary information generation unit for summary playback, distinguishes the time bands to be played back from the time bands to be skipped by displaying them in different colors. Also a control unit is provided which allows for changing the summary playback time and for selecting between the playback enable and disable.